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How to draw a snail

Start with a circle for the shell and finish with the other eye, the mouth and a small shine mark.

Finished, it has 10 areas to color: 13th of 50 here, counting from the simplest (one of the easiest). Close to it: ghost and koala.

Main colors in the original emoji: tan, brown and black.

The six steps

1. A circle for the shell.
2. The body, with its head and tail.
3. The spiral on the shell.
4. The eye stalks and the line under the shell.
5. One eye and a shine mark on the shell.
6. The other eye, the mouth and a small shine mark.

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How to draw a snail: 6 steps

10 shapes over six steps, then a box to draw your own.

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How to draw a snail: 4 big steps

Steps of 1, 2, 3 and 4 shapes, drawn bigger.

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Snail to color

The finished drawing: 10 areas.

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Color and trace: snail

Color it, then trace the word.

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New parts are black and what is already drawn is gray; how the sheets work. Draw something else: snowman, sunflower, t-rex, turtle, unicorn, whale, airplane, apple, bee, birthday cake, bus, car.

Drawings adapted from Noto Emoji by Google, Apache License 2.0: turned into outlines, and checked so every area can be colored.